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Books like Forgotten Realms: Avatar: 9 series to read next

Forgotten Realms: Avatar is epic fantasy and fantasy, about gods, set in secondary world. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Forgotten Realms: Avatar is 5 books, 1989–1998.

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Malazan
World of Ice and Fire
Sword of Truth
Cosmere
Grishaverse
Sparhawk
The Riftwar
Between Earth and Sky
The Kingdoms of Thorn and Bone

MalazanUniverse

universe36 books1999

About war.

“Pity the historian who tries to map this world; pity more the god who thinks he rules it.”
from the catalogue description

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World of Ice and FireUniverse

universe19 books1980

About war.

“Winter is coming, and the men who forget it die first.”
from the catalogue description

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Sword of TruthUniverse

universe27 books1994

Epic fantasy and fantasy, set in secondary world.

“Truth is a blade, and it cuts the hand that grips it carelessly.”
from the catalogue description

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CosmereUniverse

universe54 books2005

Fantasy and epic fantasy, set in secondary world.

“Before the worlds, there was Adonalsium, and then there was not.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Final Empire →

GrishaverseUniverse

universe19 books2012

“Saints are canonized here the way soldiers are buried elsewhere — quietly, and too often.”
from the catalogue description

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SparhawkUniverse

universe6 books1989

Epic fantasy and fantasy, adventurous in tone, about quests, set in secondary world.

“Sir Sparhawk is not a young man, and he has little patience for the pageantry his order pretends to.”
from the catalogue description

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The RiftwarUniverse

universe44 books1982

Epic fantasy and fantasy, set in secondary world.

“On the world of Midkemia a tear opens in the air itself, a rift hung between stars, and through it march the armies of an empire from another world entirely.”
from the catalogue description

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Between Earth and SkySeries

seriesRebecca Roanhorse3 books2020

About prophecy.

“The winter solstice is usually a time for celebration and renewal, but this year it coincides with a solar eclipse, a rare celestial event proscribed by the Sun Priest as an unbalancing of the world.”
from the catalogue description of Black Sun
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with Black Sun →

The Kingdoms of Thorn and BoneSeries

seriesGreg Keyes4 books2003

Epic fantasy and fantasy, dark in tone, about political intrigue, set in secondary world.

“In doing so, she freed the race of humans - once taken from their distant homes and forced to wear the bitter yoke of slavery.”
from the catalogue description of The Briar King
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with The Briar King →

Why these

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Shared terms are not a promise that a book feels the same. Two series can be far-future political intrigue and read nothing alike — what the ranking can say is what they are about, and each card says which parts it shares.

Questions readers ask

What should I read after Forgotten Realms: Avatar?: Malazan — the closest match to Forgotten Realms: Avatar on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Forgotten Realms: Avatar?: Shadowdale. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Forgotten Realms: Avatar.
How big is Forgotten Realms: Avatar?: Forgotten Realms: Avatar is 5 books, 1989–1998.

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